News tagged with universal music
EU approves Sony, EMI music publishing deal
European competition regulators Thursday approved a $2.2 billion takeover by Japan's Sony and Emirates investors of EMI Music Publishing which holds the rights to global pop stars such as Rihanna.
Apr 19, 2012 |
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VEVO launches redesign with Facebook in mind
With TV screens and social networking in mind, the music video site VEVO has launched a significant redesign.
Mar 09, 2012 |
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Android Market checks out, Google Play moves in
Google's digital marketplace for mobile applications, music, movies and books is unifying under a new name in an effort to spruce up the shopping experience.
Mar 06, 2012 |
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US shutdown of sharing site draws hacker retaliation
US authorities have shut down one of the largest file-sharing websites and charged seven people with copyright crimes, sparking a retaliatory cyber attack on the FBI and Justice Department websites. ...
Jan 20, 2012 |
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Google sells digital music in iTunes challenge (Update 2)
Google has opened a digital music store in a direct challenge to Apple's iTunes and Amazon's online shop.
Nov 16, 2011 |
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Google close to record company deals
Google Inc., which plans to launch its long-rumored music store Wednesday, is still furiously working behind the scenes to get key music companies onboard with its plan to take on Apple Inc.'s iTunes and challenge numerous ...
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Universal takes over EMI recorded music unit
Universal Music Group and its parent company French giant Vivendi will buy the recorded music division of British music label EMI from US bank Citigroup for £1.2 billion (1.4 billion euros, $1.9 billion), ...
Nov 11, 2011 |
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With deals, YouTube expands as music destination
(AP) -- YouTube has been very good to bedroom singers, who have found a quick path to fame, and major labels, which have benefited from some of the largest digital audiences for their top music videos.
Oct 20, 2011 |
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Universal Music France loses case against streaming site
Deezer won a legal victory on Monday when a French court threw out a complaint by Universal Music France seeking to block the music streaming site from using its catalogue of songs.
Sep 05, 2011 |
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RIM set to launch BlackBerry music service: report
Canada's Research in Motion (RIM) is developing a new service that would allow subscribers to play music on their BlackBerry smartphones, the Wall Street Journal has reported.
Aug 19, 2011 |
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Sony's Music Unlimited comes to Android
Sony has released an app making its Music Unlimited online streaming available on smartphones running Google's Android system, amid growing competition from Amazon and Apple in cloud-based services.
Jun 16, 2011 |
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Apple has deals with record labels for cloud music service
Apple Inc. sewed up contracts with the four major record labels by Thursday for a cloud music service, with agreements from music publishers to follow Friday, according to sources familiar with the negotiations.
Jun 03, 2011 |
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Apple nears music deal with labels
Apple Inc. is close to securing deals with all four major recording companies on a music service that will allow users to stream songs stored on remote computer servers, presumably to an array of portable ...
May 21, 2011 |
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Muve service includes unlimited music downloads
(AP) -- Recording companies fed up with people illegally downloading music have a possible solution: Add the cost of music to monthly phone bills.
Dec 21, 2010 |
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Arcade Fire, John Legend to stream concerts live
(AP) -- Within hours of most any concert, shaky and distorted footage of the show can be found online from front row or the balcony.
Jul 22, 2010 |
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